Youth Tobacco Surveillance  United
States, 1998-1999

This report provides the first-ever multi-state evaluation data that will enable states to
design better tobacco control programs and to evaluate what is and isnt working in their
efforts to reduce youth tobacco use. This information  from how many youth have
successfully purchased cigarettes to how many would wear a tobacco image  will strengthen
states ability to reduce tobacco use among young people and to prevent the influences that
might make them susceptible to tobacco use. The report, Youth Tobacco Surveillance United
States, 1998-1999, provides a complete summary of the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) and
state-level data from 13 states that conducted the Youth Tobacco Survey. The survey
supplements CDCs Youth Risk Behavior Survey and provides a wide breadth of data collected
from middle school (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12) students. The full report will
be available online, after 4 p.m. EST, at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/.